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Planning performance · official MHCLG data
85.8% of applications approved
Ranks #212 of 310 UK authorities · national average 87.0% · rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4
Decision speed (% in time), approval trends back to 1979, application-type mix and live market activity are available on paid plans.
Planning appeals · HM Planning Inspectorate
32.7% of appeals overturn this council
Ranks #185 of 317 for decisions upheld · national average 32.1% · 367 appeals decided
Overturn rate = appeals allowed ÷ decided (lower is better). Procedure mix and the year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
Property market · HM Land Registry
£610,000 median sale price
-2.4% year on year · 1,626 sales in the last 12 months
Area-level (the whole authority), standard sales, median not average. Breakdown by property type and the 10-year trend are available on paid plans.
Energy performance · EPC certificates
49.0% of homes rated EPC C or above
Ranks #104 of 318 most efficient · national average 46.6% · 51,761 certificates
% rated C or above (higher is better). The A–G band distribution and year-by-year trend are available on paid plans.
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| Reference | Address | Description | Type | Received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/2026/1294 | 37 Cannon Street St Albans | House refurbishment including rear, side and basement extension with new lightwell, roof alterations including small… | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1295 | 14 Spooners Drive Park Street St Albans | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 | |
| 5/2026/1293 | 27 Charmouth Road St Albans | Demolition of single storey side extension and erection of two storey side and rear extension. Single storey extensions… | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1292 | 153 Mount Pleasant Lane Bricket Wood | New front entrance porch and open-air side canopy structure. | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| TP/2026/0328 | 5 Old Garden Court St Albans | Leaning Mulberry tree at front to reduce crown hard back to previously prune points to improve weight bearing to roots… | Treeworks | 3 Jul 2026 |
| TP/2026/0329 | 40 Beningfield Drive London Colney | T1 - Purple Plum, overall crown reduction by approximately 2m as this tree is growing too big for the location that it… | Treeworks | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1290 | 43 White Horse Lane London Colney | Loft conversion with dormer windows. | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1291 | 13 Gainsborough Avenue St Albans | Single storey wrap around extension both side of house and rear elevation, internal alterations, install solar panels… | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1289 | 8 Rosedale Close Bricket Wood | Single storey rear-infill extension to single dwelling house. | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
| 5/2026/1288 | 13 Larch Avenue Bricket Wood | Two storey rear extension | Priorapproval | 3 Jul 2026 |
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About this data
We index every application published on St Albans’s planning portal (civica_cxm) and refresh several times per day. The original portal:
https://planningapplications.stalbans.gov.ukNewest application received 3 Jul 2026.
This page lists the latest applications received by St Albans, updated daily. The PlanNexus dashboard and API let you search the full archive of 921 indexed applications by postcode, date, status and type — a free account includes 1,000 requests a month. The council's own portal is also linked above.
PlanNexus indexes St Albans's planning register several times a day. The newest application on record was received 3 Jul 2026.
85.8% of St Albans's planning applications were approved over the rolling 2025 Q1 – 2025 Q4, against a national average of 87.0% (official MHCLG figures).
32.7% of appeals against St Albans decisions were allowed by the Planning Inspectorate, against a national average of 32.1%, across 367 decided appeals.
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